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A recent report from the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) states that "warming of the climate system is unequivocal." According to the IPCC, average global temperatures are increasing at an alarming rate. In just the past 50 years, northern hemisphere temperatures were higher than during any other 50-year period in the last 500 years, perhaps even the past 1,300 years. The IPCC projects that the Earth's surface temperature could rise by as much as 4°C within the next century.The primary cause of climate change is increasing concentration of greenhouse gases (GHGs), especially carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere. The 2007 Assessment Report by the IPCC indicates that GHG emissions increased by 70 percent between 1970 and 2004. These gases are primarily emitted as a result of human behavior, such as the burning of fossil fuels to produce energy. Building construction and energy use account for more than 30 percent of worldwide emissions, while the transportation sector is responsible for another 30 percent.Experts predict that the increase in the Earth's temperature, if left unchecked, will have devastating effects. According to the IPCC, the projected sea level rise could reach 19-23 inches by the year 2100. Additional impacts could include increased spread of diseases; extensive species extinction; drought and wildfires; mass human, animal and plant migrations; and resource wars over shrinking amounts of potable water.There are a range of landscape architecture-based mitigation strategies that, if employed at mass scale, can help reduce GHG emissions by 50-85 percent by 2050 and limit temperature rise to 2 degrees celsius, targets that the U.N. recommends. Given the effects of climate change are already being felt in many communities, landscape architecture-based adaptation measures are also now being planned and implemented across cities and countries.
U.S. OrganizationsClimate Change, U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyClimate Change Resource Center, U.S.D.A.National Climate Change and Wildlife Science Center, U.S. Geological SurveyU.S. Global Change Research ProgramU.S. Geological Survey National Climate Change and Wildlife CenterInternational OrganizationsClimate Change, United Nations Environment ProgrammeEuropean Commission Directorate for the EnvironmentGlobal Environmental FacilityIntergovernmental Panel on Climate ChangeUnited Nations Framework Convention on Climate ChangeResourcesPew Center on Global Climate ChangePresident Obama's Climate Action Plan, 2013Ultimate Climate Change FAQ, The GuardianResearchU.S. Greenhouse Gas Inventory Report , U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyCalifornia Climate Change Research Center , California State GovernmentClimate Smart World Within Reach, World Development Report 2010, World Bank GroupClimate Change Research, World Bank GroupGlobal Change Reports and Assessments, U.S. Global Change Research Program
Carbon Registries and MarketsAmerican Carbon RegistryChicago Climate ExchangeClimate Leaders Program, U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyClimate RegistryEuropean Union Emissions Trading System
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Climate Change Mitigation and Landscape Architecture
Climate change mitigation can be defined as human interventions designed to reduce the sources of greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs) or enhance the capability of sinks to store these gases. Landscape architects work with regional and local elected leaders and planning departments to design and implement the land-use components of mitigation strategies and programs. Low-carbon, "smart growth" communities are designed by urban planners and landscape architects to be mixed-use neighborhoods that increase density, provide access to "complete streets," enable multiple forms of transportation, and offer ample green space. Green open spaces like parks are absolutely central to making low-carbon urban living amenable.In addition, landscape architects work with architects to increase the energy efficiency of buildings by strategically placing trees and incorporating green roofs and walls that provide insulation.Lastly, landscape architects also work with parks departments and environmental and conservation organizations to manage sustainable and healthy forests within cities, national parks, and rural areas, thereby enhancing the long-term capability of forests to serve as carbon sinks.ResourcesClimate Change Mitigation, ICLEI-Local Governments for Sustainability USALandscape Architecture and the Challenge of Climate Change, The Landscape InstituteSustainable Sites Initiative (SITES)Urban Mitigation PlansClimate Action Plan, San FranciscoChicago Climate Action PlanClimate Change, PlaNYCGreenWorks PhiladelphiaThe London PlanClimate of Opportunity, Washington, D.C.Sustainable VancouverInterviewsInterview with David Owen, Author of "Green Metropolis: How Living Smaller, Living Closer, and Driving Less Are the Keys to Sustainability," ASLAInterview with Jan Gehl, ASLAInterview with Jaime Lerner, Former Mayor of Curitiba, Brazil, ASLAInterview with Kathryn Gustafson, ASLAInterview with Peter Calthorpe, Author of "Urbanism in the Age of Climate Change," ASLALow-Carbon Community Development through Smart GrowthThe U.S. contains five percent of the world's population but emits one-fifth of global GHG emissions. One-third of U.S. GHG emissions come from the transportation sector. Sparsely populated communities isolated from reliable transportation systems mean increased vehicle usage, resulting in significant car-related emissions. To reduce emissions from the transportation sector, communities can work with urban planners and landscape architects to apply smart growth strategies to create compact, walkable, mixed-use neighborhoods with easy access to multiple transportation options.
A study by the National Resources Defense Council (NRDC) found that if all conditions that accompany densely populated communities were present, such as good transit, proximity to shopping, and recreational activities and a walkable environment, families in that community could reduce vehicle use by 25-30 percent. As a result, comprehensive transportation planning must incorporate community-focused accessibility strategies. Walkable and bikeable communities inspire residents to leave their cars at home.
Go to the Livable Community, Sustainable Transportation, and Sustainable Urban Development Resource Guides to learn more.
Energy EfficiencyMcKinsey & Co, a management consulting firm, found that energy use in the U.S. could be cut by 23 percent by 2020 by implementing simple energy efficiency measures. While building owners can take low-cost steps to make the inside of their properties better insulated and therefore more energy efficient, the landscape isn't often seen as a part of the problem, or the solution. Basic green technologies like smart tree placement and green roofs and walls can be used by landscape architects to dramatically reduce energy usage inside buildings. If placed strategically, trees can reduce summertime cooling energy needs by 7-47 percent and wintertime heating needs by 2-8 percent.
In addition, well-designed residential green roofs, which are growing popular in some parts of the world, can reduce energy usage in both summer and winter. According to one Canadian study, a 32,000-square foot green roof on a one-story commercial building in Toronto reduced energy usage by 6 percent in the summer and 10 percent in the winter. Similarly, the green roof of the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) at just 3,000 square feet reduces energy usage by 3 percent in summer and 10 percent in winter. Weather, roof, and building size and location also have an impact on the amount of energy savings. Lastly, fast-growing green walls can also reduce energy use by providing insulation in the winter and limiting direct sunlight on walls in the summer. In hotter months they also cool air temperatures by up to 10 degrees.Go to Increasing Energy Efficiency Resource Guide to learn more. Also, see an animation: Energy Efficient Home Landscapes.
Climate Change Adaptation and Landscape Architecture
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) defines adaptation as the "adjustment in natural or human systems in response to actual or expected climatic stimuli or their effects, which moderates harm or exploits beneficial opportunities." Regardless of how extensive climate change mitigation efforts are in the near future, environmental policymakers argue that some degree of adaptation to climate change is required in order to handle the worst anticipated effects. Human and natural systems must become more resilient to expected changes. In fact, the smartest communities are using the threat of climate change to invest in long-term environmental, economic, and social sustainability while protecting their infrastructural assets and housing stock.In preparation of anticipated changes, landscape architects are already working with policymakers and other design professionals to create "climate resilient communities," which have increased capacity to cope with the increased incidence, duration, and magnitude of events like sea level rise and flooding; rising urban temperatures or "urban heat islands;" sprawl, which only increases transportation emissions; and reduced availability of water. Lastly, landscape architects also work with parks departments, conservation biologists, restoration ecologists, arborists, and other scientists to develop ecologically-sound plant and animal migration strategies and programs that help ensure all species can adapt to a rapidly changing environment.U.S. OrganizationsClimate Adaptation Strategy, California GovernmentClimate Change Adaptation Taskforce, The White House Council on Environmental QualityClimate Change - Health and Impacts, U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyLandscape Conservation Cooperatives, U.S. Department of the InteriorRebuild by Design, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development International OrganizationsAdaptation to Climate Change, UN Development ProgramClimate Change, World Bank GroupClimate Change Adaptation, UN Environment ProgramAdaptation PlansClimate Change Adaptation Program, Government of AustraliaClimate Change Adaptation Strategy, City of LondonClimate Change Impacts and Adaptation, Government of CanadaVarious State Climate Change Action Plans, U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyResourcesClimate Adaptation Knowledge Exchange, Island PressThe Role of Adaptation in the U.S., Pew Center on Global Climate ChangeProjectsPark 20/20, A Cradle to Cradle Inspired Master Plan, William McDonough + PartnersRising Currents, Museum of Modern ArtShanghai Houtan Park: Landscape as a Living System, TurenscapeClimate Resilient CommunitiesAccording to Peter Newman, a leading thinker on sustainability and cities, "a resilient city is sustainable in its economy, environment, and community, but it has a deeper quality which enables it to quickly adapt to challenges and rebuild itself for any challenge it faces." Resilient cities reduce their vulnerability to extreme events by responding creatively in advance of economic, social and environmental challenges. At the urban scale, these cities' climate adaptation plans focus on bolstering preparedness while investing in low-carbon transportation systems; dense, mixed-use neighborhoods; multi-use green infrastructure; and generating a sense of place.Go to Green Infrastructure, Livable Communities, Sustainable Transportation, and Sustainable Urban Development Resource Guides to learn more.U.S. OrganizationsC40 Cities, Clinton Climate InitiativeClimate Positive, Clinton Climate InitiativeClimate Resilient Communities Program, ICLEI Local Governments for Sustainability USA
Climate Resilient Cities, World Bank Group, 2008ResourcesInterview with Thomas Balsley, FASLA, on Resilient Waterfront Parks, ASLA Interview with Jeb Brugmann, Author of "Welcome to the Urban Revolution: How Cities are Changing the World," ASLAInterview with Peter Newman, Author of "Resilient Cities: Responding to Peak Oil and Climate Change," ASLAInterview with Sadhu Johnston, Chief Environment Officer, City of Chicago, ASLAProjectsA Civic Vision and Action Plan for the Central Delaware River, Philadelphia, Wallace Roberts & ToddA Green Sponge for a Water-resilient City: Qunli Stormwater Park (Turenscape) ChonGae Canal Source Point Park: Sunken Stone Garden, Seoul, Korea (Mikyoung Kim Design)Greensburg Sustainable Comprehensive Plan, Kansas (BNIM)HafenCity, HamburgSeattle Green Factor, Seattle (City of Seattle Department of Planning and Development)
Preparing for Sea level RiseIn addition to causing the flooding of inhabited areas and destroying trillions of investments in housing and infrastructure, sea level rise would also affect freshwater quality by increasing the salinity of coastal rivers and bays and causing saltwater intrusion -- the movement of saline water into fresh ground water resources in coastal regions.Adaptive capacity is the potential to adjust to minimize negative impacts and maximize any benefits from changes in climate. Highly populated communities on the coasts will require greater adaptive capacity than others if they are to adjust to or even benefit from sea level rise.Landscape architects help build coastal adaptive capacity by constructing various forms of sea walls along with "soft" natural infrastructure like artificial sandbars to stem or absorb rising waters. Restored natural systems like wetlands provide critical green spaces and wildlife habitats while playing a central role in blunting the effects of sea level changes.U.S. OrganizationsCoastal Zones and Sea Level Rise, U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyConserving Coastal Wetlands for Sea Level Rise Adaptation, NOAARiver Corridor and Wetland Restoration, U.S. Environmental Protection AgencySea Levels Online, NOAAResourcesCoastal and Marine Ecosystems & Global Climate Change: Potential Effects on U.S. Resources, Pew Center on Global Climate ChangeDesigning a Built Environment Resilient to Climate Change, The Dirt blogInterview with Kevin Shanley, FASLA, on Coastal Resiliency in the Era of Climate Change, ASLA Interview with Kristina Hill, Affiliate ASLA, on Climate Change, ASLAInterview with Oz Schmidt, Oastler Professor of Population and Community Ecology, School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, Yale University, ASLAMajor Tipping Points in the Earth's Climate System and Consequences for the Insurance Sector, WWF and Allianz, 2009The Netherlands Evolving Relationship with Water, The Dirt blog
Point Reyes, Giacomini Wetland Restoration Project: What's the Long Term Future of the Restored Wetlands?
, National Park ServiceReturns on Resilience, Urban Land Institute (ULI) Sweet & Salt: Water and the Dutch, The Dirt blogProjectsNew Orleans Riverfront: Reinventing the Crescent, New Orleans (Hargreaves Associates)Port Lands Estuary: Reinventing the Don River as an Agent of Urbanism, Toronto (Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates)Increasing Density with Green SpacesGiven compact living reduces GHG emissions over the long-term, climate resilient communities are also focusing on increasing their density. Landscape architects aid in this process by adding green spaces like parks and plazas, along with infrastructure like green roofs and streets that reduce urban heat islands, improve public health, and increase water efficiency, making compact living easier and more attractive in the process.Green spaces in themselves also act as carbon sinks, provide wildlife habitat, clean air and water, increase property values, and enhance wellbeing.Go to Livable Communities and Sustainable Urban Development Resource Guides to learn more.Combating Urban Heat IslandsUrban heat islands, which are caused by dark, impervious surfaces, lead to higher temperatures, up to 6 degrees Fahrenheit during the day and 22 degrees in the evenings. Vulnerable populations also face greater risks of heat exhaustion. The Center for Diseases Control estimates that excessive heat has led to 8,000 premature deaths over the past 25 years in the U.S. alone.Landscape architecture guide the development of ecologically-sound urban forestry campaigns and green roofs and walls that help cool cities by shading people and building roofs and sidewalks. Through their leaves, trees evapotranspire or provide evaporative cooling, which increases air humidity. Shaded surfaces may be 20-45 degrees cooler, and evapotranspiration can further reduce peak summer temperatures by 2-9 degrees. Green roofs and walls also provide significant evapotranspiration benefits.Go to Green Infrastructure and Maximing the Benefits of Plants Resource Guides to learn more.Water efficiencyIncreasing temperatures are expected to intensify the climate's hydrologic cycle, the movement of water between the land surface, oceans and atmosphere, as well as melt snowpacks more rapidly (IPCC, 2007). The frequency and intensity of floods and droughts will most likely increase in different areas and affect water quality and supply according to the timing, intensity, and duration of precipitation. Significant flooding can overload storm and wastewater systems and transport contaminants into water bodies. Higher temperatures and decreases in precipitation as well as earlier snowmelt could increase risk of drought and limit access to fresh water. As climate patterns change, it will become increasingly critical to develop water management strategies to retain, reuse, and recycle water.Landscape architects play a central role in developing highly water-efficient green infrastructure like parks, bioswales, and green roofs that offer green space yet minimize water use. In addition, landscape architects help devise complex water recycling and reuse systems that use building wastewater to maintain landscapes.Go to Improving Water Efficiency Resource Guide to learn more. Also, see an animation, "Leveraging the Landscape to Manage Water."ProjectsKresge Foundation Headquarters, Michigan (Conservation Design Forum)Mount Tabor Middle School Rain Garden, Oregon (Kevin Robert Perry)NE Siskiyou Green Street, Oregon (Kevin Robert Perry)Nueva School, California (Andrea Cochran Landscape Architecture)Tianjin Qiaoyuan Park: The Adaptation Palettes, China (Turenscape)Underwood Family Sonoran Landscape Laboratory, Arizona (Ten Eyck Landscape Architects)Species adaptationHuman and natural systems must develop resiliency in tandem. Humans are an integral component of all ecosystems. However, our resiliency depends on ensuring that other species are able to thrive alongside us, even in densely populated cities. Climate change and urbanization pose an increasing threat to many plant and animal species. Communities must therefore ensure that efforts to improve urban infrastructure and open space also provide adequate habitat areas for species trying to survive and adapt in otherwise hostile conditions. These habitat areas should also provide a core habitat area, or "habitat backbone" that enables migration, as well as a "shifting mosaic", a series of habitat zones available during different seasons or time periods. These habitat areas should be connected across regions and include migration corridors that enable species to migrate northward to cooler climates when necessary.
Landscape architects design transporation systems, parks, and shoreline structures that incorporate wildlife habitat and enable different species to more safely coexist with humans. Landscape architects also work with arborists, horticulturalists, and other biologists to plan for shifting plant hardiness zones, enabling a range of plant species to survive and adapt to the effects of rising temperatures. Special consideration is often given to native plant species that are drought resistant and heat tolerant and require less water and maintenance.Go to Maximizing the Benefits of Plants Resource Guide to learn more.U.S. OrganizationsClimate Smart Habitat Conservation, NOAA
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Strategic Habitat Conservation, U.S. Fish and Wildlife ServiceResources
Habitat Conservation
, Defenders of WildlifeInterview with Carolyn Fraser, Author of "Rewilding the World: Dispatches from the Conservation Revolution," ASLAInterview with Kristina Hill, Affiliate ASLA, on Climate Change, ASLAInterview with Nina-Marie Lister, Affiliate ASLA, on Ecological Urbanism, ASLALegacy of the Cold War: Germany's Green Belt, The Dirt blogRestoring the Balance Between People and Nature Through Wildlife Habitat Design and Recreating Wildlife Habitat in Cities, The Dirt blogProjectsBrays Bayou Greenway Framework, Texas (SWA Group)Isla Palenque, Panama (Design Workshop)The Floyds Fork Greenway Master Plan, Kentucky (Wallace Roberts & Todd)FreshKills Park, New York (James Corner Field Operations)James Clarkson Environmental Discovery Center, Michigan (MSI Design)Lost Dog Wash Trailhead, Arizona (Floor Associates)Orange County Great Park Comprehensive Master Plan "A Vision for the Great Park of the 21st Century", California (Ken Smith Workshop West and Mia Lehrer Associates)Orongo Station Conservation Master Plan, New Zealand (Nelson Byrd Woltz)
The Sungei Buloh Wetland Preserve Master Plan, Singapore (National Parks Board)
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Before I begin, let me thank Heather Hogan for stepping in last week when my power went out. I believe in retrospect it was the gods showing mercy to me by not making me recap what I now firmly believe to be the worst-structured, most badly-written, pointless, plotless episode in the history of Glee, with the sole exception of Santana's amazing scene in which she comes out to, and is rejected by, her abuela.
It didn't help my evaluation of the episode when its author, Matthew Hodgson, took to Twitter last night to opine that those of us who want to see Brittany and Santana kiss should realize that they've already kissed last season in "Duets." He was joined by fellow newbie writer Michael Hitchcock, who decided to tell a fan she "must not have watched the show" if she didn't think they'd kissed.
I'm not sure how they define "kiss" where these boys come from, but in my world it involves lips touching. Not lip to neck. Not hand to hand. Lip to lip like Finn and Rachel, and Finn and Quinn, and Kurt and Brittany, and Jesse and Rachel, and Kurt and Blaine, and Will and Emma, and Will and Terri, and Santana and the guy with mono… I'm assuming you get the picture?
The guys next experienced a Twitter bombing courtesy of the Brittana fandom, and deleted their Tweets. Ooops. Welcome to Glee.
Despite all that, and fortunately for the sake of this recap, "Hold Onto Sixteen" was pretty good. Not "The First Time" good, but it had a good beat and I could dance to it so I give it an 8.
It starts with Insane!Quinn telling Rachel all about how she's going to get Shelby fired for doing the deed with Puck.
Rachel thinks that's a truly bad idea. "First of all, Puck is 18," she says, "so what he and Shelby are doing, even though it's just wrong and so gross, is not illegal, so all you're doing is you're getting her fired, which is going to take away her income to provide food and clothes and put a roof over her child's tiny little blonde head."
Quinn doesn't care, because she's the mommy understudy and plans on getting Beth back herself. But Rachel's not done. "Beth loves her mom. Shelby is her real mom. You've done a lot of really bad things, Quinn, but if you tell people about Shelby and Puck, you'll ruin this little girl's life and then you'll have really hit rock-bottom."
In the choir room, Will is telling Finn they need to do something upbeat for Sectionals, and Finn says they shouldn't be worrying about the set list yet. (Yeah, heck, worry about it the night before – that worked so well as Nationals!) He says, "At least the Cheerios can dance." You know, Finn, so can Mike Chang and Blaine, and they're on your team.
The conclusion he comes to? "We need star power! We need Sam Evans!"
Now, be honest: if we hadn't known Sam was coming back in this episode, wouldn't that have felt like it came out of nowhere? I like him a lot and I'm glad he's back, but when was Sam the big "star power" of New Directions?
Will says that's impossible, because he moved away and no one knows where he is. But Finn does; he's in nearby Kentucky. He found this out because "even homeless people have Facebook."


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It's been a hard week here at FleetOwner. We lost our web editor and (more importantly) our friend, Terry Nguyen, to a swimming accident -- drowning while on vacation in Florida after being caught in a rip tide.
It's a tragedy on all kinds of levels: not only had he done one helluva job covering trucking on a daily basis for our electronic media products, he did it with aplomb and class. Best thing about Terry, though, was his sense of humor -- I used to kid him mercilessly about his ballroom dancing hobby (and let me be the first to tell you he was GOOD at it), while he took me to task for my horrible taste in music (Metallica, Motorhead, Iron Maiden ... need I go on?) Let me tell you, it's great when you share this kind of friendship with co-workers.
We share a lot of laughs as we go about our daily business here at FleetOwner -- and that's why Terry fit in so well, right from the get go. He also displayed a true willingness to learn everything he could about this industry so he could constantly improve his work -- that's a rare quality these days and it's but one reason I could tell he'd be going places. I just wish the hell you were still here with us. So goodbye, my friend; I leave you with a traditional Irish blessing --
May the road rise up to meet you.
May the wind always be at your back.
May the sun shine warm upon your face,
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Drinking From the Fire Hose: Michelle Dooley
Pounding up the staircase, wearing full fire gear, and carrying a fire hose is all in the day's work for Michelle Dooley, CPA, CGMA, a recent graduate of the AICPA 2013 Leadership Academy.
As lead controlling specialist for a German-based steel company, Michelle could simply sit behind a desk all day, yet her approach to work has her donning a hardhat, steel-toed boots, and sometimes fire gear when she visits her company's operations mills at least once a week. Why? She believes it makes her better at her job of managing planning and finances for two production mills, Human Resources, Continual Improvement, and the company's in-house Fire, and Environmental, Health and Safety Departments.
"My first manager told me to get involved in the operations side because you can't do your job without knowing what goes on in that area," said Michelle. "That was the best advice I ever received regarding my career and guides my approach to this day."
When visiting the mills, Michelle helps with the monthly audits and is a visible presence so that team members see her as one of them—not just the corporate controller.
She even spent her own time one Saturday qualifying for the firefighters challenge with the Fire Department. The timed event included a 4-story stair climb with a high-rise pack, hose hoist, and victim rescue all wearing fire gear in under 7 minutes. Michelle's time: 4 minutes, 58 seconds, "But our firefighters did it in 2.3 minutes!" she said.
The benefit of having completed the firefighter's challenge?
"I understand the physical challenges they go through. I felt better for having done the challenge and gained an appreciation for the firefighters that I wouldn't have had otherwise. They know I will support them in any way I can."
Michelle finds being involved operationally really helps her get her job done more effectively, and engages employees in planning and budgeting activities, especially those that require cost cutting.
"It is my personal style to get involved at all levels because it really helps me gain buy-in when I work with the staff on cost-cutting projects," said Michelle, who also manages quite a few corporate planning projects.
"We have a lot of capital projects. I'll go to the mill and ask the staff to show me what's happening so we can talk about alternatives. Because I've been onsite, I can have a technical conversation. I can also challenge staff to look for other solutions; there may not be another solution, but it is my job to play devil's advocate."
Michelle notes that the production mills generate the largest revenue, but that they also have the highest expenses. "Working with the team to make a slight tweak in the plan can save a lot of money," she said.
Last fall, Michelle attended the AICPA's Leadership Academy, an intensive education summit for young CPAs designed to prepare them for volunteer and leadership positions within the AICPA, their state CPA societies, and their companies.
"The Leadership Academy was a bit like drinking through the fire hose—pun intended—but it was a truly great experience," she said. "Not only did I meet and network other young CPAs from across the country; I received some very valuable training that I have already started to use. The AICPA did a great job with the Leadership Academy and I recommend this experience to any other CPA looking to increase his or her skills."
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Robert Allen 'Bud' Norwood, 73
Robert Allen 'Bud' Norwood of Pocatello, died on Wednesday evening,
June 19th, 2013, at his home. He was born on February 4, 1940 in Moreland, Idaho, to Ronald Glen Norwood and Elva Effey Dawson Norwood. He grew up in Riverside, Idaho where he attended Snake River schools and
lettered in wrestling, football and track. He graduated in from Snake River High School in 1959. Bud married Joyce Chaffin on February 8,1958. They were later divorced. Bud married Iris Jean 'Jeanne' Harman in
Pocatello, Idaho on March 15, 1963. Bud was employed by Kraft Foods in Pocatello, Idaho when he was drafted into the US Army in April, 1963 and served during the Vietnam Conflict as a senior wheel vehicle mechanic where he received the Good Conduct Medal. He loved the outdoors and was employed by the US Forrest Service for many years. Bud enjoyed camping, hunting, fishing, gardening, feeding his hummingbirds and loved and enjoyed his family. Bud is survived by his daughter, Robin Summerhays (Steve)of Helena, MT; his son, Robert Allen Norwood of Seattle, Washington; and his daughter Shanna Leigh Norwood of Hailey, Idaho;
five grandchildren, Clint Feight (Daisy), Amanda Miller (Jeremy), Justin
Feight, Michael Walsh and Brittany Summerhays; and five great grandchildren. Two sisters, Marjorie Parker, Melba Buttars (Dale); three brothers, Jerry Richard Norwood (Rosa), Terry Norwood (Linda) and Dennis Norwood (Barbara). He was preceded in death by his wife of 42 years, Iris Jean 'Jeanne' Norwood and his parents and grandparents. Funeral services will be held on Wednesday, June 26, 2013 at 11 a.m. in the Cornelison Funeral Chapel, 431 N. 15th Ave., Pocatello, 232-0542, where family will receive friends Tuesday from 5-8 p.m. and 1 hour prior to the funeral service on Wednesday. Interment will be in the Riverside-Thomas Cemetery, near Blackfoot. Condolences may be sent to the family online at www.cornelisonfh.com. In Lieu of flowers memorials may be given
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Like poetry and pornography, slang is easier to recognize than to define. Most of it is disapproved of by someone, but obscenity alone doesn't qualify. It isn't slang, for example, to refer to manure with a four-letter word. But if you put the article "the" in front of that four-letter word and equate the president-elect of the United States to it, then slang it is, and very complimentary. Further complicating matters, a great deal of slang is completely inoffensive. Journalists call the first sentence of an article the lede, the last the kicker, the motive for reading it the hook and the paragraph that encapsulates its argument the nut graf–terms that might puzzle an outsider but won't scandalize anyone.
One comes a little closer to a definition of slang by thinking about context. Dirty words suggest that the audience is no better than the speaker, and vice versa. Slang, on the other hand, usually suggests that speaker and audience share membership in a group. A prostitute who describes a slow-to-satisfaction customer as a thirty-three, thereby analogizing him to the standard speed for long-playing vinyl records, is probably not speaking to a police officer. A gay man who describes a lover with a similar quirk as long-winded is probably not speaking to a heterosexual. The implied identifications are flexible, however. If a gay hairdresser in London offers to zhoosh you, it's safe to accept his titivation even if you're a straight man. The word might make you blush, but it won't compromise your orientation; it merely dignifies you with honorary membership in the group of people who understand how he talks.
Sometimes a slang word or phrase springs free of the people who coined it, but it remains slang only for as long as it trails groupiness of some kind, however attenuated or abstract. You needn't work for the sanitation department to call maggots disco rice, a term recorded by the New York Times in July 2004, but the term nonetheless implies that a vivid acquaintance with the larvae was picked up somewhere. In September, when a writer for New York magazine hailed Sarah Palin's promised son-in-law for attracting "the cougar vote," the writer probably didn't intend to signal that he and his readers belonged to the romantic community that unites older women and younger men. But he probably did expect that he and his readers shared an urbane taste for following pop-culture reportage on sexual behavior into its sillier vicissitudes.
To a lexicographer, slang's abundance may present an even greater challenge than its definition. Although humans coin words as prolifically as bees make honey, dictionaries of standard English only include lexemes that have become a stable currency among strangers. Slang is not confined by this useful limit. My boyfriend and I refer to going online as checking our bids, in memory of a bygone fascination with eBay. Because we once elaborated the no-chicken label on a box of vegetarian broth into a fowl-friendly warning–"No, no, chicken! Keep away from the boiling water!"–we now always call the broth no-no chicken. The glossy young rich who crowd us out of our favorite restaurants are known to us as kittenheads, on account of a bus-side ad I once saw that juxtaposed an enormous fluffy white feline head, a crystal goblet full of glistening diced organ meats and the slogan "Next Stop, Uptown." This is just the tip of the iceberg of our private slang, and we're only two people. Multiply our sample by all the groups, large and small, who improvise with the English language for their own convenience and pleasure, and you see the problem. Slang is virtually infinite. It helps to exclude slang that hasn't been published, but in the Internet age it doesn't help much.


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Army Chief of Staff Gen. Eric Shinseki announced his intent last October to issue the beret to all soldiers and started a controversy among current and former Army Rangers and in Congress. The black beret has been worn traditionally only by Rangers, an elite, highly trained combat group. Under a compromise, Rangers will begin wearing tan berets.
After contention over the decision reached the White House, President Bush asked Defense to review the Army's decision and Rumsfeld asked Wolfowitz to look into the matter. After meeting with Shinseki, the deputy told reporters the headgear change is linked to the Army's plans to transform from a heavy force to a lighter, highly deployable force over the next 10 years.
"As we looked at our transformation of the entire institution," Wolfowitz explained, "we thought it important to have a symbolic and a visible demonstration that this Army was prepared for change and undertaking it." Switching to the black beret, he said, "gets this Army moving in the direction that's going to facilitate that change."
Wolfowitz and Shinseki spoke about the decision at a Pentagon news briefing Friday. Wolfowitz said that after hearing the general's explanation, he felt it was important that Shinseki present his view to the American people.
Shinseki said the decision regarding the black beret announced last October and the tan beret announced yesterday are "about change."
"The Army will change to remain the most capable and the most respected Army in the world," the general said.
A day earlier, the Army had approved a request allowing its elite Rangers to wear tan berets instead of black, he noted. Special Forces will retain their distinctive green berets. Army airborne soldiers will continue to wear their distinctive maroon berets.
"Change, as all of us know, is difficult, especially in the proud and respected institutions," Shinseki said. "But we are transforming this most powerful Army from its Cold War legacy force into an objective force that will be strategically responsive and dominant for all the broad range of missions we are asked to perform."
Throughout the nation's history, Shinseki said, many different units have worn berets. Armor, cavalry and other units have worn the black beret in the past.
"Because of that shared history in our Army," he said, "the black beret remains the most relevant color for wear Armywide today. So at the time of our decision to expand the wear of the black beret last fall, the Ranger regiment was invited to consider, if appropriate, another distinctive color that it might select to designate its formations."
The Rangers considered several options and then requested the tan beret, he said. "The Ranger tan beret will continue to symbolize that great regiment and its challenges for the 21st century," Shinseki said. "Whatever those challenges are, Rangers will continue to lead the way."
Such decisions, he noted, "are about our excellence as soldiers, our unity as a force and our values as an institution.
"This is about teamwork--teamwork that's based on that foundation of trust and confidence between soldier and soldier, between leader and led, between unit and unit serving side by side all across the Army. So this is about the magnificence of that American soldier who has been defending our country for 225 years."
Sgt. Maj. of the Army Jack Tilley is working on an implementation plan that should be done soon, he noted. Army leaders planned to complete the change by the Army's birthday in June. Wolfowitz noted that date might change depending on what DoD's acquisition people say is feasible.
Procurement of the black beret from contractors outside the United States also became an issue. Wolfowitz said DoD is reviewing the method of purchase. The Army set a requirement and the Defense Logistics Agency responded, he said.
"We're looking into whether DLA responded properly," Wolfowitz said.
Pressed by reporters on whether or not the Army will go ahead with the purchase contracts, Wolfowitz said, "we haven't canceled anything yet."


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Wednesday July 11, was Advocacy Day for us here at the Meso Foundation. In a later blogpost, you'll hear me refer to this Wednesday before our 2012 Symposium as Virtual Advocacy Day but for those of us meeting (some of us, for the first time) on the Hill, it was Advocacy Day. Period. While we put out the call to tweet and post on Facebook awareness on mesothelioma research, I was joining Meso Community member Robena Reid on a visit to Capitol Hill. Our appointment was with Senator Jim Webb of Virginia's office. I had been asked by the Foundation to shadow her for the morning, write up a report for our blog, and take photographs.
Now here is the true confession: I have never advocated anything before in person. I have emailed my representatives, both on the State and Federal level, but never have I gone to the Hill to speak on the issues. Any issues. This morning I was far out of my comfort zone really not sure what to expect.
The good news is I had Robena Reed to follow. Robena is part of the Department of Transportation; but regarding mesothelioma, Robena lost her mother to the disease. She has now taken it upon herself to prepare for visits with her representatives and bring to their attention the facts and truths of this horrible disease.
We met with a representative of Senator Webb's, not the senator himself; but Legislative Correspondent McKenzie Bennett (pictured with Robena here) was focused, attentive, and approachable. She asked questions, sincere and thought-provoking questions. This kept us both on our toes, and soon I found myself stepping into the conversation between Robena and McKenzie. Having your talking points printed from the curemeso.org website prior to your meeting will ensure you have the facts that you need. Should your staffer have questions, take advantage of this opportunity to follow up with them after the meeting. Together, we spoke for the community, providing statistics not only specific to Virginia but specific to mesothelioma and meso patients from coast-to-coast. When McKenzie concluded our visit, I admit to feeling elated with the morning meeting. Robena and I had just concluded an audience with Senator Jim Webb, bringing mesothelioma, its community, and its interests before our representative.
Then it dawned on me that we had a group of fifty in total, all of us speaking on your behalf.
The morning on Capitol Hill was a real education, and the last place I ever planned to find myself. I found a new appreciation for being able to make a difference. It is quite humbling and, yes, inspiring that we have the ability and the means to make a difference like this. I left Capitol Hill at the end of the day a little wiser on the process in which laws are made and the government serves its people, and understanding what happens when voters talk to their representatives. It was also inspiring to watch Robena take action, to hear her speak for the meso community. I'm already thinking of next year and what I can do differently.
I also hope, next year, I am asked once again to shadow Robena. After working with her on the Hill, I know I still have more to learn.


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Reclaiming the Wilderness
I can still recall the memory with total clarity: I was afraid that the wind would lift me off the ground and carry me over the edge of the world. I knew if I let go of my parents' hands, I would lose them and I would be lost.
I was five years old. My father was a sergeant in the Army, and my family had moved to Contwig, Germany where he was stationed. One weekend we took a family trip to Berchtesgaden, the "Eagle's Nest," which had been a stronghold of the Third Reich during World War II.
I wasn't aware of the history at the time. I was only aware of clouds, light, wind, and cold, aware of the closeness of sky, and the fragile blue at its heart. I was dizzy, afraid, breathing fast, and utterly alive in that moment that has lasted all my life.
It was a baptism, an awakening into the secret life of mountains. And the mountains have never let go. Now I live in the Sierra Nevada and I work as a ranger in Yosemite National Park. How did I get here?
That weekend trip in the mountains of Germany planted a seed in my consciousness. That seed then wrapped roots around my heart, roots that nourished me throughout my childhood in Detroit, Michigan. I was an inner city kid with a hidden past, a past of unfiltered sunlight and space.
That one wilderness excursion was all it took. The whole time I was growing up in Detroit, I held onto a vision that opened my eyes to the world around me. Detroit was at once ugly and beautiful, plain and transcendent. My memory of mountains gave me a vantage point to clearly see that there is beauty in every moment, no matter where you are.
As someone who has both African and Native American ancestry, it troubles me that so few African Americans have the chance for similar experiences.
We all know that once upon a time in America there were many laws that kept African Americans "in their place." And one of the places where African Americans weren't "supposed to be" was outside, in the wild. Today, thankfully, those laws are gone. But their legacy still has a powerful effect. Even once you remove all of the tangible barriers that keep certain people out, intangible barriers remain, the barriers erected in the imagination. How do you tear those down? How long does it take to no longer feel the psychological and spiritual pain of that rejection?
I'm not sure. But I do know that every day I greet people from all over the world who come to Yosemite to experience this wonder for themselves, yet African Americans are few and far between. Today, many African Americans don't consider a national park visit to be a "black thing," something that is symbolic of African American culture. The absence of African Americans is particularly ironic when one considers that 100 years ago, both Yosemite and Sequoia National Parks were protected by the Buffalo Soldiers, African American cavalry and infantry troops who served as some of the first park rangers before the National Park Service was even created.
How can we address this issue? One way is to make sure that more African American children get to have the same kind of experience I had in the mountains when young. There are very few African Americans who have a childhood wilderness experience, an experience of mountains, deserts, forests, or grasslands. If we can change this one thing, we can change so much else.
We will correct not just a physical absence, but an aesthetic absence as well. There are very few African American artists or writers who have chosen to examine the wilderness experience through the lens of African American culture. There is a literature yet to be written, music yet to be composed, canvasses yet to be painted, and words yet to be spoken with reverence.
But most important of all, there are still hands that have not been tightly held at the edge of the world where hearts quicken. I, for one, cannot let go of this dream. I want to direct eyes and hearts toward the ancient wonders of the wilderness. And I want others to join me in this effort.
When we start succeeding in getting more young African Americans into the wilderness, we will not only save the wilds that shaped us, we will also save ourselves. We will reclaim that which was forcibly taken from us when we were stolen long, long ago. We will again fully feel what it meant to be Yoruba or Mandinka.
What it meant to be African.
Shelton Johnson has worked as a national park ranger for 26 years. He was an advisor to and on-camera commentator for Ken Burns' PBS documentary, The National Parks: America's Best Idea. He is also the author of the historical novel Gloryland.
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In Seattle, there are two organizations working with African American youth and youth of color:
Sierra Club Inner City Outings: http://seattle.ico.sierraclub.org/public/home.aspx
which is one of the most active ICO programs of any Sierra Club chapter. And much smaller, but more intriguing to me, is the Urban Wilderness Project:
(As I was typing, I realized you very likely know about the Sierra Club ICO but thought other people reading this might not. Also, Urban Wilderness Project is based in Seattle and is much more local.)
Thanks for this article, I knew about Buffalo Soldiers but not that they had been park rangers.
By Luke McGuff on Sat, September 08, 2012 at 11:05 am
This is a beautiful article. I feel deeply that the wilderness holds a powerful key to joy and peace in our lives, even if we don't live in the wilderness. I believe that the wilderness may also be an antidote to materialism. When people discover that there is something far beyond the accumulation of matter, they will relax, perhaps. They will stop fighting to rule the monetary world. I sent this article to my wife, who teaches African-American history. I'll have to get her to read it!
By Peter on Thu, September 06, 2012 at 9:21 pm


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Singer Sia is using her voice to make sure a tragedy in Orlando will not be forgotten.
Less than three months after 49 people were killed in a mass shooting at Pulse nightclub, the Grammy nominee is releasing an emotional music video for "The Greatest" that symbolizes the power of unity.
In the video that clocks in at almost six minutes, Sia's longtime music video stand-in Maddie Ziegler paints a rainbow on her face and encourages 49 talented kids to break free from a prison cell.
The children show off their impressive moves, led by Ziegler, who swaps her signature blonde hair for a black wig.
Despite the moments of ecstatic dancing, the video comes to a somber end as the kids fall to the ground in a heap. The ends in a close-up of Ziegler crying rainbow tears.
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"Humbled to be a part of this video. Thank you @siathisisacting," dancer Matt Moseley shared on Instagram after the video was released. "49 beautiful lives lost. This is for you. #WeAreYourChildren."
Fellow participant Larsen Thompson added, "Blessed to [be] part of this amazing message."
Although Kendrick Lamar's verse is not included in the music video, the rapper has a prominent part in the original song. The song also comes before Sia hits the road for her first full-scale tour in five years.
The 22-city trek will kick off Sept. 29 in Seattle and conclude Nov. 6 in Austin, Texas. More information is available here.
To donate to the onePulse Foundation text "PULSE" to 91999.


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Skip to comments.Eye of the Storm: Bianca, Free Akbar Ganji [Must Read]
Posted on 12/07/2005 12:00:02 PM PST by F14 Pilot
It all started as a rather pleasant, if not exciting evening. We had heard a speech from British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw once again trying to "explain" the evil of Islamofascim in pseudo-theological, rather than political, terms. But that had been compensated for with a poem from the great mystic poet Roumi recited by Iranian journalist Nazanin Ansari.
Apart from the usual contingent of "the great and the good" most of the 800 or so people present were media people and their friends, come to cheer or boo as the Foreign Press Association in London distributed its annual prizes.
The evening was of special interest to me not only because I had been one of the judges but also because so many of the news stories, articles, and radio and television programs submitted for consideration dealt with issues that, in one way or another, had something to do with Islam and the Middle East. In fact almost two-thirds of the prizes eventually awarded went to items dealing with those issues.
But there as an even bigger reason why I was interested in the occasion. The FPA had decided to award its very first prize for a dialogue of cultures and civilizations to Akbar Ganji, an Iranian investigative reporter who is on a hunger strike in Teheran's dreaded Evin Prison.
Together with several colleagues I had been trying for months to persuade the Western media to take an interest in Ganji, a former Khomeinist revolutionary who is now campaigning for human rights and democracy. But we never got anywhere because of one small hitch. US President George W. Bush had spoken publicly in support of Ganji and called for his immediate liberation. And that, as far as a good part of the Western media is concerned, amounts to a kiss of death.
How could newspapers that portray Bush as the biggest "violator of human rights" endorse his call in favour of Ganji?
To overcome that difficulty, some of Ganji's friends had tried to persuade him to make a few anti-American, more specifically anti-Bush, pronouncements so that the Western media could adopt him as a "hero-martyr."
TWO YEARS ago similar advice was given to Shirin Ebadi, the Iranian lawyer who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. She was made to understand one stark fact of contemporary life: You will not be accepted as a champion of human rights unless you attack the United States. Ebadi accepted the advice and used her address during the prize ceremony in Oslo launch a bitter attack on the US as the arch-violator of human rights.
To the surprise of many Iranians she eulogized the 400 or so alleged terrorists held in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, but made no mention of the thousands of political prisoners, including some of her own friends and clients, who languish in the mullahs' dungeons throughout Iran.
Would Ganji adopt a similar tactic in order to get media attention? The answer came last January, and it was a firm no!
The result was that Ganji, probably the most outspoken and courageous prisoner of conscience in the Islamic Republic today, became a non-person for the Western media. Even efforts by Reporters Without Frontiers, and by the International Press Institute (IPI) among other organizations of journalists, failed to change attitudes toward Ganji. Hundreds of editorials have been published in major Western publications in sympathy with the prisoners in Guantanamo Bay or Abu Ghraib. But, to my knowledge, there has been none in support of Ganji or the thousands of political prisoners held by the mullahs.
SO IT was heart-warming to see the FPA honor Ganji as a champion of freedom. An audio-message from Ganji's wife, smuggled out of Iran, was broadcast, creating the evening's most memorable moment.
But things went pear-shaped when a petite lady dressed all in black was invited to come on stage to make a symbolic offer of the award to an absent Ganji (the mullahs had not even allowed Ganji's wife to travel to London to attend the occasion). The lady in question was introduced as one Bianca Jagger, whose title is UNICEF ambassador. What her day job is, however, is a mystery to me. In any case, she started by telling us about her recent trips to Teheran and Damascus, presumably the two capitals of human rights she likes best, and how she had been told "by officials and others" that she and other Westerners had "no moral authority" to talk about human rights and freedom.
She went on to say that it was all very well to remember Ganji, but that that should not prevent us from remembering "those held in Guantanamo Bay and Abu Ghraib, and all other secret prisons" the US is supposed to be running all over the world. The rest of the little speech had nothing to do with Ganji and everything to do with the claim that the US is drawing an almost sadistic pleasure from practicing torture.
I couldn't believe my ears. Here was this caricature of a "UNICEF ambassador" equating Ganji, a man who has fought only with his pen, with men captured, arms-in-hand, on the battlefields of Afghanistan and Iraq.
Those men at least had access to lawyers and could be visited by the Red Cross. Ganji's lawyer himself became a prisoner after trying to defend his client. Nor has the Red Cross or anybody else been allowed to visit Ganji.
I was also surprised that the UNICEF ambassador had no difficulty in equating the United States, which, after all, is a democracy with checks and balances, with the Islamic Republic, in which a self-styled Supreme Guide claims to rule on behalf of God.
IN HIS Nicomachaean Ethics Aristotle warns against any confusion of categories when it comes to good and evil. Translated into modern discourse this means that imposing a moral equivalence in the name of multiculturalism - or the Nietzschean scheme of transcending good and evil - is a sign of crass immorality.
Having swallowed my anger, I gave the UNICEF ambassador a piece of my mind. She seemed surprised. No one had ever told her such things, especially not in a polite society of dinner jackets and long robes.
"Is Ganji the same as the alleged terrorists in Guantanamo Bay?" I asked.
"Well, yes, I mean no, I mean yes," she mumbled. "But they are all prisoners, aren't they?"
Having witnessed the verbal altercation, a colleague from the BBC filled me in on the background of the UNICEF ambassador. It seemed that she had once been married to a British pop singer. And that, of course, is enough to qualify you as a UNICEF ambassador touring the world, attacking the Western democracies and flattering the tyrants of Teheran, Damascus and Havana, among others.
Well, it was a good evening - though, as the lady's singer ex-husband once crooned, I got "no satisfaction."
Amir Taheri's Ping!
I've emailed the text of this to all my friends. I hope it will make the liberals squirm.
Incredible! Thanks for posting this. This is a MUST read.
(Though links to a thread like this might be better for those who don't know Farsi.)
from 'A Conversation with Bianca Jagger':
Q: Who were the main influences on you there?
Jagger: Philosophers from the 18th century like Voltaire and Rousseau. Later on, Gandhi became my role model. I have always been interested in Eastern philosophy. Since early in my life I've been fascinated by India and I have spent a great deal of time traveling in that country. The more I know about Gandhi the more I [value] his success through his power of persuasion by non-violent action. There was so much he was able to achieve. But today when we think about state terrorism, we talk a lot about terrorism, but rarely talk about state terrorism, we sometimes see how state terror can drive people to terrorism, but it still would be important to highlight the achievements of Gandhian non-violence.
Q: The usual objection is that Gandhi wouldn't have done so well against the SS as he did against the British.
Jagger: I ask myself the question, would it be possible to achieve success if you adopt a Gandhi-like attitude to state terror? Would that really be successful when confronting the imperialistic and ruthless tactics of the Bush administration, who have absolutely no regard for the international rule of law and human rights. Are they capable of being persuaded? I don't know."
(Well now at least we know why she was invited to Iran.)
Fantastic! I would've loved to see the look on Bianca's face when Amir Taheri confrinted her.
"they're both prisoners." What and idiot.
Would that really be successful when confronting the imperialistic and ruthless tactics of the Bush administration, who have absolutely no regard for the international rule of law and human rights
It's such a pleasure to read the thoughts of a 1st class mind at work.
Do I need a sarcasm tag?
Landlord files to have Bianca Jagger evicted
Two-year feud intensifies over Park Avenue apartment
By Andres Martinez
Court TV
Wednesday, April 6, 2005 Posted: 11:38 AM EDT (1538 GMT)
NEW YORK (Court TV) -- A two-year legal battle between Bianca Jagger and her landlord could leave the environmental activist without a home.
Katz Park Avenue Corp. filed a lawsuit last week seeking to evict Jagger from her two-bedroom Park Avenue apartment.
Jagger, the ex-wife of Rolling Stones frontman Mick Jagger, stopped paying her $4,600 monthly rent in July 2003, claiming that water damage in her apartment had led to harmful levels of mold.
She told New York magazine that "her eyes began to feel bleary" after she discovered the water damage in 2001. She has lived in the rent-stabilized apartment since 1988.
When Katz sued her in 2003 for the unpaid rent, Jagger responded with a $20 million personal injury suit.
"She has become essentially homeless," said Dan Bryson, Jagger's lawyer. "It has severely curtailed her ability to work."
According to New York City housing records, inspectors from the city found mold in Jagger's apartment in October 2003. They classified the mold as "immediately hazardous," and gave the owner five days to have the problem certified as corrected.
Katz' attorneys did not return calls seeking comment.
Bianca Jagger married Mick Jagger in 1971 and had one daughter, Jade, with him. After they divorced in 1979, she described the award from the settlement as barely enough to support her -- especially because most of her work is charity-based.
Jagger's clothes, furniture and business documents were damaged by the water and mold, Bryson said, and doctors have documented her health ailments, popularly known as "sick building syndrome."
"We have doctors who have diagnosed respiratory-related problems, among others," he said. "Because of the respiratory problems she has been having, she can't wear [her clothes] because they are making her sick."
Katz claims contractors recently finished repairing the apartment, according to Bryson.
In May 2004, the New York State Supreme Court merged Katz' initial suit and Jagger's $20 million countersuit into a single case. A judge delayed any eviction proceedings until the end of the contract in February 2005.
In its newest filing, however, Katz says Jagger should be evicted because her lease officially ended in February 2004.
Because the apartment is rent-stabilized, Jagger must claim it as her permanent residence. Katz argues that Jagger's actual residence is London, and despite her claims that her Park Avenue apartment is uninhabitable, Jagger's assistant has been seen there.
Katz claims the apartment could fetch $8,000 a month on an unregulated market, according to the suit.
Bryson plans to depose Katz executives and contractors who repaired the apartment in May.
(The tenant from Hell?)
Fascinating. The New Left left didn't care especially about victims of Communism either.
NEW YORK (Court TV) -- A two-year legal battle between Bianca Jagger and her landlord could leave the environmental activist without a home.
I've got a couch. Of course she'd have to cook and clean.
Several words come to mind, where she can go, and what she can do upon arrival.
I would also direct you to my tagline
SIR MICK JAGGER's ex-wife BIANCA is determined to run for president in her native Nicaragua, making her even more of an irritation for US President GEORGE W BUSH who famously described her as "a pain in the butt".
The glamorous Latin beauty is already a formidable figure in the world of politics, and she is known for her campaigning on behalf of human rights and AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL.
But the feisty 59-year-old insists she could make more impact if she was given the opportunity to be a leader - and Nicaragua, the country she was brought up in under tough American rule, is her most important project.
She explains, "I feel having a proper political position will allow me to get better results.
"I care very much for the people of Nicaragua and want to help them as much as I can."
And when reminded of Bush's unkind remark, she quips, "I must have done something to annoy him, which is great."
(Everyone is entitled to be stupid, but some abuse the privilege)
She's a disgrace!
You took the words out of my mouth. I probably would have called her the "B" word that rhymes with Witch.
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The 2007 Darpa Urban Challenge
Our inaugural episode centers around the 2007 DARPA Urban Challenge, featuring interviews with professor Dan Huttenlocher from Team Cornell and Rick Yoder from Velodyne, a producer of LIDAR sensors used by several teams in the challenge.
Dan Huttenlocher
Dan Huttenlocher is professor of Computing, Information Science and Business at Cornell University in Ithaca New York. As the co-leader of Cornell's racing team for the 2007 DARPA Urban Challenge, he spent countless hours testing the autonomous car which finally finished among the six final automobiles capable of following California's road code over 56 miles of a mock urban environment. With design in mind, his team of 13 students managed to discretely embed a slick black 2007 Chevy Tahoe with a Velodyne LIDAR, three IBEO 1.5D LIDARs, five 1D SICK LIDARs, five millimeter-wave radars, and four cameras. Of course, millions of data points per second don't come for free and Cornell's trunk is the home of 17 dual core processors.
Since a pile of impressive hardware and CPU is not enough, Team Cornell developed the software needed to allow their robot to locally represent its location on the road and further figure out, on a more global scale, where it really was in the world. However, knowing where you are isn't nearly enough, you also need to be able to figure our where other objects are and ideally track them and reason about their next moves. So, what went wrong in this little fender bender with MIT's car (see video below)? I guess the professional human drivers during the challenge weren't wrong, when they said that Cornell's car drove like a human.
Velodyne LIDAR
Robots: Episode1 Rick Yoder is an employee at Velodyne, a new-comer in the field of LIDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) sensors. The HDL-64E LIDAR uses an impressive 64 stationary lasers on a base rotating at 900rpm. This sensor was specifically designed for the 2007 DARPA Urban Challenge, and was used by around a third of the participating teams, although some other teams may have been turned away by the hefty $75,000USD price tag! Though not yet destined for the consumer market, Rick hints at a new series of sensors that may soon find their way into your home.
2007 Darpa Urban Challenge homepage: http://www.darpa.mil/GRANDCHALLENGE/
Dan Huttenlocher's homepage: http://www.cs.cornell.edu/~dph/
Team Cornell's homepage: http://www.cornellracing.com/
Velodyne homepage: http://www.velodyne.com/lidar/
Specifications of the HDL-64E LIDAR: http://www.velodyne.com/lidar/products/brochure/HDL-64E%20datasheet.pdf


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Billy Joel rocked out at his show in New York City on Friday night (21Mar14) by performing with Ac/Dc star Brian Johnson.
The Piano Man star is playing regular gigs at the Big Apple's fabled Madison Square Garden venue as part of an ongoing monthly residency, and he shook up his latest sold out concert with a special guest.
Joel praised AC/DC as "maybe the best band I ever saw in my life" before introducing Johnson to the stage and bursting into a rendition of the group's classic track You Shook Me All Night Long.
The veteran singer kicked off the residency in January (14).


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(By Delegates Morgan, Stephens, Caputo and Craig)
[Passed April 13, 2013; in effect ninety days from passage.]
AN ACT to amend and reenact §6-9A-2 and §6-9A-3 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, all relating to pubic notice of meetings of governing bodies of public agencies; defining terms; clarifying existing notice requirements; requiring state executive branch agencies to electronically file public meeting notices with the Secretary of State for publication on Secretary of State's website; eliminating the requirement that state executive branch agency meeting notices be filed in the State Register; and providing procedural rule-making authority.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That §6-9A-2 and §6-9A-3 of the Code of the West Virginia, 1931, as amended, be amended and reenacted, all to read as follows:
§6-9A-2. Definitions.
As used in this article:
(1) "Decision" means any determination, action, vote or final disposition of a motion, proposal, resolution, order, ordinance or measure on which a vote of the governing body is required at any meeting at which a quorum is present.
(2) "Emergency meeting" means any meeting called by a governing body for the purpose of addressing an unexpected event which requires immediate attention because it poses:
(A) An imminent threat to public health or safety;
(B) An imminent threat of damage to public or private property; or
(C) An imminent material financial loss or other imminent substantial harm to a public agency, its employees or the members of the public which it serves.
(3) "Executive session" means any meeting or part of a meeting of a governing body which is closed to the public.
(4) "Governing body" means the members of any public agency having the authority to make decisions for or recommendations to a public agency on policy or administration, the membership of a governing body consists of two or more members; for the purposes of this article, a governing body of the Legislature is any standing, select or special committee, except the commission on special investigations, as determined by the rules of the respective houses of the Legislature.
(5) "Meeting" means the convening of a governing body of a public agency for which a quorum is required in order to make a decision or to deliberate toward a decision on any matter which results in an official action. Meetings may be held by telephone conference or other electronic means. The term meeting does not include:
(A) Any meeting for the purpose of making an adjudicatory decision in any quasi-judicial, administrative or Court of Claims proceeding;
(B) Any on-site inspection of any project or program;
(C) Any political party caucus;
(D) General discussions among members of a governing body on issues of interest to the public when held in a planned or unplanned social, educational, training, informal, ceremonial or similar setting, without intent to conduct public business even if a quorum is present and public business is discussed but there is no intention for the discussion to lead to an official action; or
(E) Discussions by members of a governing body on logistical and procedural methods to schedule and regulate a meeting.
(6) "Official action" means action which is taken by virtue of power granted by law, ordinance, policy, rule, or by virtue of the office held.
(7) "Public agency" means any administrative or legislative unit of state, county or municipal government, including any department, division, bureau, office, commission, authority, board, public corporation, section, committee, subcommittee or any other agency or subunit of the foregoing, authorized by law to exercise some portion of executive or legislative power. The term "public agency" does not include courts created by article eight of the West Virginia Constitution or the system of family law masters created by article four, chapter forty-eight-a of this code.
(8) "Quorum" means the gathering of a simple majority of the constituent membership of a governing body, unless applicable law provides for varying the required ratio.
(9) "Regular meeting" means a meeting of a governing body at which the regular business of the public is conducted.
(10) "Special meeting" means a meeting of a governing body other than a regular meeting or an emergency meeting.
\§6-9A-3. Proceedings to be open; public notice of meetings.
(a) Except as expressly and specifically otherwise provided by law, whether heretofore or hereinafter enacted, and except as provided in section four of this article, all meetings of any governing body shall be open to the public.
(b) Any governing body may make and enforce reasonable rules for attendance and presentation at any meeting where there is not room enough for all members of the public who wish to attend.
(c) This article does not prohibit the removal from a meeting of any member of the public who is disrupting the meeting to the extent that orderly conduct of the meeting is compromised: Provided, That persons who desire to address the governing body may not be required to register to address the body more than fifteen minutes prior to time the scheduled meeting is to commence.
(d) Each governing body shall promulgate rules by which the date, time, place and agenda of all regularly scheduled meetings and the date, time, place and purpose of all special meetings are made available, in advance, to the public and news media.
(e) Each governing body of the executive branch of the state shall electronically file a notice of each meeting with the Secretary of State for publication on the Secretary of State's website.
(1) Each notice shall state the date, time, place and purpose of the meeting.
(2) Each notice of a special meeting or a regular meeting shall be filed in a manner to allow each notice to appear on the Secretary of State's website at least five business days prior to the date of the meeting.
(3) When calculating the days, the day of the meeting is not to be counted. If a meeting notice is filed anytime other than during the Secretary of State's regular business hours, the date of filing will be considered the next business day.
(f) The Secretary of State shall retain copies of all notices filed for ten years.
(g) The Secretary of State may promulgate procedural rules governing the electronic filing of meeting notices.
(h) In the event of an emergency a governing body may call an emergency meeting.
(1) The governing body of a state executive branch agency shall electronically file a notice for an emergency meeting with the Secretary of State, as soon as practicable prior to the meeting. Any other governing body shall notice an emergency meeting in a manner which is consistent with this article and the Ethics Commission Committee on Open Governmental Meeting's opinions issued pursuant to the authority of section ten of this article, as soon as practicable prior to the meeting.
(2) The emergency meeting notice shall state the date, time, place and purpose of the meeting and the facts and circumstances of the emergency.
(i) Upon petition by any adversely affected party any court of competent jurisdiction may invalidate any action taken at any meeting for which notice did not comply with the requirements of this section.


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Celiac Disease and Gluten: Facts, Fiction & Controversies
Date: 1/6/2011; 76 minutes
Celiac disease is an inflammatory autoimmune disorder of the small intestine triggered by gluten, a protein found in wheat, rye and barley. With symptoms that vary from person to person, it's a disease that often remains undiagnosed. Join Martin Kagnoff, one of the country's leading authorities in Celiac disease research, Kimberly Newton, a pediatric gastroenterologist, and dietitian Shawna McNally for a detailed discussion about the disease and its many misconceptions. (#19658)
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The Buffalo Zoo invites readers to show their support for the animals by buying them lunch.
Now through the end of July, you can add $1 to your food or membership purchases at the Buffalo Zoo. All proceeds will benefit the Adopt an Animal program and go toward the purchase of food for the animal residents.
Visitors can "buy the animals lunch" at the Beastro concession stand and the guest services office located at the Buffalo Zoo's main entrance. Those who support this campaign will receive an "I Helped Buy the Animals Lunch" card. After filling the card out, one may opt to keep it or have it displayed at the zoo.
With an annual grocery bill of more than $250,000, the Buffalo Zoo's Adopt an Animal program raises the funds needed to feed the 1,200 animal residents.
In addition to the "Buy the Animals Lunch" summer campaign, animal adoptions are available year-round. Several categories with corresponding benefits are offered. Choose your favorite animal to support or purchase a gift adoption to help make a difference.
For more information about the Buffalo Zoo's annual adoption program, call 716-995-6131 or visit www.buffalozoo.org.


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KIKO is committed to offering safe products with perfect quality. However, on rare occasions an item may have small irregularities.
If a product you received is defective, please report the problem to our Customer Service Department. Fill out all the fields indicating the type of defect, the batch number (the eight-digit code on the packaging) and attach a photograph illustrating the problem.
Our Customer Service Department will contact you to arrange the terms for a refund.
If you received the "wrong" product, please immediately report it to our Customer Service Department. Fill out all the fields specifying the name of the product you ordered and the product that you actually received.
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If, for any reason, you are not pleased with one or more products purchased on the site, you can avail yourself of the Right of Withdrawal.
To exercise this right, you must contact the Customer Service within a 14-day period.
Select the order for which you wish to exercise your right of withdrawal and indicate the reason "Right of Withdrawal." For further information, visit the "Terms of Sale" section.
In order to be reimbursed for all or part of the products you purchased, you need to contact Customer Service and indicate a checking account payee and the corresponding IBAN number to which KIKO will credit an amount equal to the total for the returned items (less any shipping costs incurred for the purchase).
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Percentage Equations
Lesson 7 of 8
Objective: SWBAT find percent of a number by writing and solving an equation.
Big Idea: To find the percent of a number, you can set up an equation to find an equivalent ratio to the part out of one hundred.
Think About It
Students work independently to complete the Think About It problem. If I notice that students are spending a long time on the simplest form column in the organizer, I will give the whole class a cue to move on to prompts below the chart.
After student work time, I show a completed table on the document camera. Most students will have been able to fill in all of the boxes, and I am simply giving them a way to check their responses.
I then ask for a student to show his/her double number line on the document camera and explain the work.
Finally, I ask for ideas on the last question. Some students may name using scale factor, which is a more efficient way to solve. Some students will see the relationship between 25% and dividing by 4. I take 2-3 hands for this question.
I then frame the lesson by letting students know that we'll continue our work with ratios and percents. In this lesson, we'll use equations to model the problems, which are more efficient than double number lines and tape diagrams.
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Intro to New Material
To begin the Intro to New Material section, I create a double number line for the first problem. I do this quickly, as students are proficient with this model. I create the double number line because I want students to see that the relationships we'll use in our equation are also found on the double number line. The equation is a different way to organize our work, but the end result is the same.
Because of our previous lessons, students know that percents are always out of 100, and that percents can be expressed as ratios that display the part over the whole. I ask students what we know in the first problem, and whether this is the total number of serves or a portion of the serves.
I have students organize their work in 2 lines. The first line is where students write the percent as a fraction, and then simplify. In this problem, students do not have to simplify in order to create equivalent fractions. I have them do it anyway. I want them to always check to see if they can simplify (and this is a skill that my students can always use reinforcement with). The second line is where they will create their equivalent ratios. You can see my work on this notes page.
I then lead students through the second problem.
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Partner Practice
Students work in pairs on the Partner Practice problem set. A student work sample is included. As students are working, I circulate around the room. I am looking for:
- Are students explaining their thinking to their partner?
- Are students writing the percent as a fraction, and then simplifying?
- Are students correctly creating equivalent fractions?
- Are students determining the correct answer?
- Are students clearly labeling their units?
- Are students answering the question(s) asked?
I'm asking:
- How did you know to use that ratio to represent that percent?
- What did you do to simplify this ratio?
- How did you create your equation?
- What does the numerator of each ratio represent? The denominator?
- How did you solve the equation to find the information the question is asking for?
After partner work time, I bring the class back together to discuss Problem 4 in this set. I ask for hands from people who feel very confident about their work. Many hands will go up. I ask for an answer, and almost always, I will get 2 ounces as an answer. I'll point to a few kids and ask, 'do you agree?' Students will say yes. I then will tell the class that I do not, in fact, agree with 2 ounces and suggest they should go back and re-read the problem. This problem gives students the information about the percent that is radioactive, and asks for the number of ounces that are not radioactive. It's a great moment that highlights the importance of reading carefully and annotating the problem.
Once the 'oooooh' moment has passed, I tell students that I can think of two strategies to use to solve here. Pretty quickly, students will raise their hands to suggest we subtract the radioactive ounces from the total. I then have students turn and talk with their partner about another way we might solve. I'm looking for students to realize that we can use 90% in our ratio, to find the portion that is not radioactive.
Students then complete the Check for Understanding problem independently.
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Independent Practice
Students work on the Independent Practice problem set.
For Problem 3, I am looking for students to identify that David put the 80 in the numerator, and not the denominator. I want students to clearly identify this mistake, and not give a more vague response, like 'he set up his fractions wrong.'
For Problem 9, I want students to access their number sense. If I see students setting up two equations (to find 75% of 48 and 20% of 100), I will affirm that doing the work is always a great strategy. I will then ask them to reason through this problem without the equations. I'll ask, 'is there any way to figure this out before getting to the step of creating equations?'
There are two extension questions in this problem set, which ask students to find percentages over 100.
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Closing and Exit Ticket
After independent work time, I bring the class back together to discuss Problem 11 from the Independent Practice set. I have students share with their partners what Kimani needs to do, in order to solve this problem.
Students complete the Exit Ticket independently to close the lesson.


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Second Thursday, Fourth Thursday of the month, 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Open to all law enforcement personnel (current, past, retired, and future police officers, deputies, corrections, probation/parole, dispatch, military, etc.) and their spouses. We serve to lead, strengthen, and grow God's ordained servant-warriors (Romans 13:1-4) in Christ.
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Ministry Overseer: Pastor Aaron Lorkovic
Meets the Second and Fourth Thursday of the month at 7 PM
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When it comes to call-center agents, morale and motivation are closely interlinked. Morale is the enthusiasm agents have for their work. When agents feel valued and satisfied, those emotions tend to be reflected in their performance and they become motivated.
Here are some other common questions and answers about how to motivate call-center agents.
There is no one "best way" to increase motivation. Morale plays a big role. The three basic areas that affect agent motivation are:
The best way to know what agents want is to listen to what they have to say. This can be accomplished through surveys and focus groups that enable agents to vent their complaints and express their needs. Be sure to include a cross-section of all agents in your outreach initiatives: new hires, veterans, high-performers, laggards, the disgruntled and the jubilant.
Agents take their cues from call-center bosses. Managers and supervisors who appear tired, distracted, angry or bored are hardly great motivators. Building agent enthusiasm requires a management team that's involved, responsive, and ready to take on projects with energy and enthusiasm. Bosses should exude excitement over small success and acknowledge agents' contributions.
Enhanced morale can reduce staff churn by increasing satisfaction. Few agents will leave a job simply because a competitor pays 25 or 50 cents more per hour. On the other hand, low turnover isn't necessarily indicative of a productive work force. Underachieving agents may feel perfectly happy in their work and not be tempted by greener pastures, particularly if they believe their jobs aren't at risk. Call-center managers must recognize the difference between agent satisfaction and complacency, and be willing to weed out low-scoring agents despite the potential negative impact on staff churn.
Incentives can go a long way in making agents feel valued and part of a winning team. Incentives come in many forms:
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Experimenting with Linear Patterns
Lesson 8 of 30
Objective: SWBAT explain initial amount, rate of change, linear patterns, and limits to domain and range through completing a hands on lab.
Big Idea: Use a hands on lab to understand linear patterns, initial amount, rate of change, and real limits to domain and range.
Bellringer Warm-up
I have a set rotation with bellringers, though this is flexible when I need to change the schedule. Today is the Explore/ACT preparation day. One day a week, all my classes practice three Explore or ACT questions in order to prepare them for this assessment that is taken as a junior and heavily weighed by in-state colleges for admission and scholarships. I am including one of the Explore/ACT resources I have found online and use as question resources.
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New Activity
Wrapping up the Lesson
Wrapping up the lesson is really discussing all the properties and vocabulary of the experiment. It is not easy to stop students as they are completing the lab and questions so the closing on this day is very important to help students make connections and consolidate all those connections into one unit organizer. Important vocabulary to add to the organizer include (MP6):
- Initial amount (the beginning 60 ml of water)
- Rate of change with Scatter Plot and Line of Best Fit (increase in water as marbles are added and discuss why it might only be close to perfectly linear because of imperfections in marbles so this is really a scatter plot with strong linear correlation)
- Continuous graph (water moved vertically through all the decimal ml and whole ml of water continuously as it rose)
- Domain and Range (the realistic limits on number of marbles, domain, and height of the water range due to physical limitations)
- Independent and Dependent variables (the height depended on how many marbles were in the cylinder)
The Rosetta Stone organizer helps students understand the connection between several different vocabulary words that all mean the same thing just different names when we discuss different types of representations such as algebraic rule, graph, and application (example: constant rate of change and slope or initial amount and y-intercept).


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Avanti inc3
Posted: Sun Jan 27, 2013 3:28 pm
I have an Avanti inc 3 on order from Smith St, and currently commute from Elwood to Collingwood on a Giant CRX-0. It is a great ride, nearly all cycle path, with a large part of it around the bay. I am looking for some current feedback on riding the inc-3, and also interested in opinions regarding how it will be different from the CRX? Has anyone ridden both? Is there anyone riding daily around the bay and into the city with advice, as I am new to this in 2013.
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